Pabrinex t1_iu21ky7 wrote on October 27, 2022 at 11:42 PM

Has Lula stepped back from any of his pro-Venezuela/Russia positions?

No wonder this election is so close when he can't distance himself from Venezuelan socialists.

OrderlyPanic t1_iu3dumh wrote on October 28, 2022 at 7:02 AM

Bolsonaro has close ties to Russia and China too. He visited Moscow after the invasion of Ukraine.

No matter who wins Brazil will remain neutral in the great power political chess game. But only one of the two candidates is a fascist who is burning down the Amazon.

Solipsism_Director t1_iu2c24c wrote on October 28, 2022 at 1:02 AM

Has not

GOD_oy t1_iu3l3g4 wrote on October 28, 2022 at 8:46 AM

venezuela, iran, cuba, nicaragua...

i think theres some kind of fetish on anything that challenges the US, even if its a bloody dictatorship.

lolpostslol t1_iu41ubo wrote on October 28, 2022 at 12:10 PM

Old Latin-American leftism is decidedly nationalist since it was essentially USSR-instigated hate on US capitalism, with a tinge of pan-Latin-Americanism and “Cuba is great”. After the USSR failed the Brazilian left in particular was left with decent funds and power but not much of an aim, and Lula made it into a more moderate center-left thing, with a go-ahead from financial markets, that was tame enough to actually get elected (and stayed in power for 16 years). BUT even he still has some of the anti-US revolutionary feel left lol